Recent content by bolski

Correct. It's not that much, but what the article was stating was that a 5% decrease in overall performance, at least in the CPU, is a equal to a whole generation step back. That 5% loss in performance means you are using your current CPU as if it was an entire generation back. Is it really...

I've definitely seen the effects of it when enabled. I've also done various benchmarking across Unigen Heaven, CPU-Z and Cinebench and there is definitely a decrease in the performance. Also, Doom Eternal runs smooth for me on Ultra, but when I enable VBS (just by enabling the Virtual Machine...

Not sure if this is the same, but I did notice last night that the task bar on my main monitor disappeared but the task bar was visible on my secondary and third monitor. Very strange. On the main window, I saw the spinning "wait" icon and it eventually came back. Haven't seen the Windows 10...

Is your drive a normal hard drive or an SSD? If is'a normal hard drive, might need to defrag? Otherwise, really weird. Not sure why it would start to do that. I know this is probably a stupid question, but have you upgraded to the latest video drivers? Sometimes those can cause issues and you...

Depends. Is this idle or when in use? Definitely if you're using intensive apps or games, it can get that high at times. Mine sits idle with the stock cooler at about 47 c. Max was 95 c at one point. Right now with me streaming music over the internet, and being on this forum, it's sitting at...

Awesome. You can't really go wrong with the 2600 right now at that cost if budget is an issue. For me, the 3600 was the better option as it did outperform the 2600 and since I was coming from a 10+ year old CPU/Architecture (Phenom II X3 720) I felt the extra cost for the 3600 was the better...

That's how I got it last year on Steam. They had it on sale for $4.99 so I snatched it up fast. Same with Doom 3 and Arkham Knight. Couldn't play the latter 2 on my previous rig, but now. Whoo boy. I do like those two as well, but still Mad Max is my favorite right now. Now that I have the...

If you are upgrading from a slower CPU (more than 1 generation below the 3600), then spend the extra $$$ for the 3600. It's the steal of the year. And that's if money is an object and you want to build the best budget gaming PC possible. Now, if you're coming from a CPU that is just 1...

Just upgraded my 10+ year old machine (AMD Phenom II X3 720BE) that had the 4th core unlock. Not sure how I survived with that machine through Witcher 3, etc. lol. I didn't go all out on the spending ($600). New case, motherboard, CPU, memory and graphics card (nVidiaTUF GTX 1660 OC). But Mad...

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) I bought it at EB Games. It's the Half Life 2 Collectors Edition DVD.

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (More info?) I'm having problems with Half Life: Source. After saving a game and leaving and then reloading it, none of the monsters or guards move. I can go to a guard or scientist and talk to to them, but they don't turn to me nor move when I ask them...